NEW & NOTEWORTHY:
BANK
COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO WOLFOWITZ'S FUTURE
(AP) - The
World Bank's board on Friday ordered an ad hoc group to discuss the
fate of President Paul Wolfowitz, whose leadership has been thrown
into turmoil by revelations that he helped his girlfriend get a
high-paying job. Read
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DON
IMUS' SIDEKICK-PRODUCER ALSO FIRED OVER RACIST AND SEXIST
REMARKS
(AP) - The longtime producer for Don Imus'
syndicated radio show joined his boss on the unemployment line one
week after the disgraced broadcaster was booted from the airwaves
for racist and sexist comments about the Rutgers college women's
basketball team. Read
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POLICE:
POOR REVIEW SET OFF NASA GUNMAN
(AP) - The gunman in
an apparent murder-suicide at the Johnson Space Center targeted a
NASA worker he feared could get him fired, police said Saturday. Read
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APPLE'S
STEVE JOBS MAINTAINS HIS USUAL $1 SALARY
(AP) -
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs received a salary of $1 last
year, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Read
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FIRED
DOW CHEMICAL ADVISER DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN TAKEOVER
EFFORT
(AP) - A 37-year veteran of Dow Chemical Co.
who spent 10 years as chief financial officer before being fired as
a senior adviser denied the company's accusation that he was
involved in a clandestine buyout effort directed at the chemical
giant. Read
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FORMER
ORACLE EXECUTIVE NAMED CHIEF MARKETING OFFICE AT
DELL
(AP) - A former Oracle Corp. executive has been
named Dell Inc.'s chief marketing officer. Mark Jarvis is Dell's
first chief marketing officer and will be responsible for
reorganizing and maximizing the computer maker's global marketing
operations, company spokesman Dwayne Cox said. Read
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BRITISH
AIRWAYS CABIN CREW REACH AGREEMENT ON PAY AND
CONDITIONS
(AP) - British Airways PLC's cabin crew
voted by a 3-1 margin to accept a deal on pay, pensions and other
employment issues, the union said Tuesday, resolving a dispute that
threatened to spark industrial action earlier this year. Read
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TEACHER'S
JOB ON LINE FOR STUDENT COLUMN
(AP) - The column in
the student newspaper seemed innocent enough: advocating tolerance
for people "different than you." But since sophomore Megan Chase's
words appeared Jan. 19 in The Tomahawk, the newspaper at Woodlan
Junior-Senior High School, her newspaper adviser has been suspended
and is fighting for her job, and charges of censorship and First
Amendment violations are clouding this conservative northeastern
Indiana community. Read
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SOUNDING
ALARM OVER PET DRUG'S RISK, REGULATOR PUTS CAREER IN
DANGER
(AP) - The first hints of trouble came with
vague warnings from the outer reaches of the bureaucracy where she
worked. She was "pushing too hard," being "alarmist." But it was
something else - a clumsy attempt to call her away from the
dangerous drug she was tracking - that really galled her. Read
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